LILO repair

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Author: KevinBuettnerkev@primenet.com
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Subject: LILO repair
On Aug 30, 12:03pm, Tilby, Lynn # PHX wrote:

> I recently uptraded from RH 6.0 to RH 6.1 during the last step of the
> upgrade process I was asked something to the effect "Do you want to write
> the changes to your boot sector" or something like that.... I inadvertently
> chose not too.
>
> Well, now I can only boot from a floppy. It is as if part of the code for
> booting from the HD did not get written to the boot sector when I did the
> upgrade. When I try and boot from the HD the system goes part of the way
> through the boot process and hangs.
>
> How do I repair this problem?


Have you tried running lilo manually?

(Check your /etc/lilo.conf file first...)

Kevin